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On must wonder what our beloved frat boy from animal house would have gotten.
Frat Brothers Steal, Fry Jumbo Goldfish
Two Fraternity Brothers Receive Community Service Sentences for Stealing, Frying Jumbo Goldfish
The Associated Press
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. April 17 — Two former fraternity brothers Friday were sentenced to community service but escaped jail for stealing and eating a jumbo goldfish at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The men were drunk when they snatched the 18-inch koi fish, which was referred to as both Midas and Goldie, that lived in a university-owned pond. The men fried the fish and fed it to fraternity pledges last year.
Casey Loop, 23, and Matthew Cox, 22, last month pleaded no contest of misdemeanor grand theft and vandalism.
On Friday, a judge sentenced Loop to 300 hours of community service. Cox, who apologized for the prank immediately after the incident, was sentenced to 200 hours. They also received a combined five years probation. They could have received up to two years in jail.
As part of their sentences, each man will have to work 40 hours at a Japanese institute that has a pond filled with koi.
The incident was filmed for the MTV series "Fraternity Life," but never aired. Prosecutors used subpoenas to obtain out-takes.
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